M5P1 Warm up Reading and Vocabulary.pptVIP

5. By the time the Challenger took off in 1986, the world seemed to have lost its fear and wonder at the amazing achievement of people going up into space. 到1986年“挑战者”号起飞之前，人们似乎已经沉醉于人类走进这一巨大成就而忘记了恐惧，也失去了好奇。 Para3 动词seem 后面跟不定式的不同形式 : to do, to be doing, to have done 表示动作发生的时间不一样 You seem to know his telephone number. 你好像知道他的电话号码。 They seem to be carrying out a space experiment. 他们似乎正在从事一项太空实验。 He seems to have passed the driving test. 他好像已经通过了驾驶考试。 6. But this was going to be a special flight and so millions of people tuned in to witness the take-off on TV. 但是这次却将是特殊的飞行，数百万人打开了电视来一睹这次起飞。 Some nights I can tune in that station easily; other nights I can’t tune it in at all. 有的晚上，我能很容易地收听那个电台，有的晚上却压根儿收不到。 tune in 1）拨到某个电台，收听某台节目 2）把……调到（某台），收到（某台） He turned on the radio and tuned in to the BBC. 他打开收音机，收听英国广播公司的节目。 witness: cn. 目击者，见证人 + to/of The police found the witness to the murder case. 警察找到了那件谋杀案的目击者。 vt. 目击……，亲眼看到 Did you witness the accident? 你亲眼看到那次事故了吗？ 作证，证明 He witnessed the truth of my statement. 他证明了我的陈述真实。 7. The world was in shock -- maybe they assumed this space flight would be no more dangerous than getting on an aeroplane. 全世界都震惊了---也许人们原本都认为这次太空飞行跟乘坐飞机一样没什么危险。 Para5 assume v. 假定，假设 ----I assumed that he was dead. ----I assumed so. --我认为他死了。 --我也这么认为。 Assuming that his story is true, what should we do? 假定他的话是真的，我们该怎么办？ assume +名＋（to be）+名/形 I assumed him (to be) an honest man. 我认为他是个诚实的人。 no more dangerous than=as safe as His French is no better than mine. =His French is as poor as mine. Mr. Pan is no taller than Wu Dalang.= Mr. Pan is as short as Wu Dalang 潘先生和武大郎一样矮。 no more … than … 表示对两者都否定，意为“同……一样不” He is no more a writer than a painter. 他既不是画家，也不是作家。 A whale is no more a fish than a horse is. 马不是鱼，鲸也不是鱼。 [相关链接] not more …than… “不如”，“不及” I am not more careful than he is. 我不如他认真。 more … than … 与其说……不如说…… He is more good than bad. 与其说他邪恶，不如说他善良。 He is more lucky than clever. 与其说他聪明，不如说他幸运。 no more than “仅仅”，“只